About Chanin
Chanin Santini offers straightforward help for people feeling stuck by stress, anxiety, or changes in relationships. She meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps toward clearer communication and healthier intimacy. She uses simple, person-focused methods that let people talk about what matters most.
Sessions address issues such as depression, self-esteem, addiction concerns, or the impact of trauma and abuse. Chanin also supports people exploring gender and sexuality questions, including kink and alternative sex culture, in a nonjudgmental way.
How Chanin works
With 15 years of experience, Chanin draws on tools from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and mindfulness. She blends these approaches to help people notice unhelpful patterns, build new habits, and manage strong emotions. The Gottman Method informs her work around communication and relationship difficulties.
Clients can expect clear goals and skills they can use between sessions. She often focuses on improving communication, addressing attachment and codependency patterns, and coping with life transitions like divorce or fertility concerns. Chanin also helps with body image, eating-related struggles, cancer-related stress, and first responder issues.
Chanin is licensed as a clinical social worker in California and Pennsylvania (LCSW). She offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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What Chanin works with
The areas below are the ones Chanin selected when setting up a profile. The first one is listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead, helping them name what matters and build confidence. It works well for people dealing with self-esteem, identity, or relationship questions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help people manage intense feelings and reduce impulsive actions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and may combine methods to fit a person's needs. Together they will try techniques, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed so sessions remain relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face time for skills practice and deeper conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and keep momentum between meetings.
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